State struggles to inform uninsured about health care

6:05 PM,
Oct. 26, 2013

In Wisconsin, President Barack Obama's signature legislative effort, the Affordable Care Act, makes health insurance available to the more than 500,000 people who don't have it. But many who could benefit remain unaware of the act, and others believe they simply don't need or can't afford insurance.

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Jonathon Humbert is looking forward to Obamacare. He just isn't sure what it is.

The 44-year-old taxi driver from Appleton had no inkling the Affordable Care Act could be the answer to his lack of health insurance until his ex-girlfriend's social worker mentioned it Oct. 9.

"I don't quite understand exactly what Obamacare is, but it's nice to have it (as an option)," said Humbert, who has been uninsured for six months. "It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it." ...